Article container with overwrap
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorsRodney K. Calvert, Prentice J. Wood
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Abstract
A reuseable open top case having interconnected bottom, side and end walls is provided with a disposable overwrap which includes panels overlying the open top, side, end and bottom walls.
Claims8
An article container comprising a reusable case having a rectangular bottom wall, a pair of side walls joined respectively to opposite side edges of said bottom wall and projecting upwardly therefrom, and a pair of end walls joined respectively to opposite end edges of said bottom wall and respectively joined at their end edges to adjacent end edges of said side walls to form an open top structure, and a disposable overwrap having a rectangular main panel overlying said case, a pair of rectangular side panels foldably joined respectively to opposite side edges of said main panel and projecting downwardly in overlying relation respectively to said side walls, a pair of upper end panels foldably joined respectively to opposite end edges of said main panel and projecting downwardly in overlying relation respectively with said end walls, collapsible web structure interconnecting each end edge of each of said upper end panels with the adjacent end edge of each of said side panels, a rectangular bottom panel foldably joined to the bottom edge of one of said side panels and underlying said bottom wall, a pair of lower end panels foldably joined respectively to opposite ends of said bottom panel and projecting upwardly, in overlying, relation with said end walls and in face contacting relation with the lower portions of said upper end panels respectively and secured thereto, collapsible web structure interconnecting one end edge of each of said lower end panels with the adjacent end edge of one of said side panels, an end flap foldably joined to each end edge of the other of said side panels and secured to the inner surface of the adjacent one of said lower end panels, and means adjoining said bottom panel to the lower part of said other side panel.
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